Title 6, Education

The Director of the Division of Career and Technical Education shall make a detailed report annually to the Governor setting forth the conditions of career and technical education in the State of Arkansas, a list of the schools to which federal and state aid has been provided, an…

(a) The board of directors of any school district or board of trustees of any state school, college, or university may cooperate with the Career Education and Workforce Development Board in the establishment of vocational schools, departments, or classes giving instruction in voc…

(a) (1) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is authorized to purchase, construct, improve, equip, and maintain buildings, structures, parking facilities, dormitory facilities, or other facilities and the lands on which they are located at any state-supported tech…

(a) The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall establish a technical curriculum that must be offered by any vocational-technical school requesting permission to change its name pursuant to this section to “technical institute”. The board shall periodically review …

(a) (1) Any full-time staff and ten (10) extra help positions at Northwest Technical Institute, may be paid up to:(A) Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per clock hour for the fiscal year for noncredit teaching assignments; or(B) Five hundred fifty dollars ($550) per semester hour for…

(a) Any request for approval of a proposed new center shall be submitted by the superintendent or chief executive officer of the school or institution proposed to function as the center and superintendents from the several schools to be served by a center or the board of an educa…

(a) The State Board of Education shall review recommendations from the Career Education and Workforce Development Board to establish new vocational centers to serve high school students from several school districts in locations where services are needed to:(1) Support economic, …

(a) The management, maintenance, and operation of a center shall be the responsibility of the local school or institution approved by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board to be the center. (b) A center shall be administered in accordance with the guidelines and po…

The superintendents of the schools served by the center shall function as the center council to assist with the coordination of scheduling and to advise the center's management board and administration on matters pertaining to the administration of the center.

(a) (1) Vocational centers shall be financed by distributing vocational center aid from the Public School Fund according to rules promulgated by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board.(2) Additionally, centers shall be eligible for any new vocational program start-u…

(a) The General Assembly is aware of the fact that:(1) Many private career schools offering resident or correspondence programs in the State of Arkansas have contributed extensively to the well-being of the individuals and the business and industrial establishments which have ben…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Admissions representative” means a person who executes an enrollment agreement and who receives compensation for the primary duties of encouraging prospective students to enroll for training in a program of study offered by a school covered und…

(1) The following are exempt from licensure under this subchapter:(1) Private institutions exclusively offering instruction at any or all levels from prekindergarten through grade twelve (preK-12);(2) Schools established by Arkansas laws and permitted to operate for the sole purp…

(a) If the Division of Higher Education has probable cause to believe that a person, agent, group, or entity has committed any acts that would be in violation of this subchapter such as fraud, misrepresentation, or unethical practices, the division shall first give notice in writ…

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the sole authority to:(1) Approve all schools offering programs of study leading to or enhancing an occupational objective; and(2) Issue licenses to schools that have met the standards established by the Division of Higher Education…

(a) No persons shall operate, conduct, maintain, or offer to operate in Arkansas a school as defined in this subchapter, or solicit the enrollment of students residing in Arkansas, unless a license is first secured from the Division of Higher Education. (b) An application for a l…

(a) (1) Each school licensed under this subchapter shall pay annually a fee to be set by the Division of Higher Education in consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) The fee shall be set at the amount the division deems necessary to establish the Pri…

(a) (1) Any school licensed under this subchapter shall make application to the Division of Higher Education to offer a course or courses at an extension course site or satellite school.(2) The school shall submit a separate additional license fee with the licensure application f…

(a) (1) An admissions representative that solicits or sells a program of study for consideration or remuneration shall first obtain a license from the Division of Higher Education to solicit or sell the program of study.(2) However, subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall not ap…

(a) In consultation with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Division of Higher Education shall set fees for schools and admissions representatives. (b) The fees collected under this subchapter, except fees collected for the Private Career School Student Protect…

(a) Licenses shall be renewable annually. (b) The licensing period shall be determined by the Division of Higher Education. (c) (1) Application for renewal of a school license is to be provided in the form and manner prescribed by the division.(2) The school and its programs of s…

(a) A person, an admissions representative, each member of an association of persons, or each officer of a corporation who opens and conducts a school, satellite school, or extension course site, as defined in this subchapter, upon conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable…

(a) All contracts entered into with students or prospective students by schools, satellite schools, extension course sites, or admissions representatives as defined in this subchapter, and all promissory notes or other evidence of indebtedness taken in lieu of cash payments by su…

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the authority to refuse to issue a school license, to place on probation, or to revoke a school license theretofore issued. (b) Any school dissatisfied with the decision to refuse to license, to revoke, or to suspend a license may s…

(a) A person shall not be granted an admissions representative's license if, upon investigation, the applicant is found not to meet the requirements for an admissions representative under this subchapter. (b) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education, upon receipt of i…

(a) Any student may file a written complaint with the Division of Higher Education if the student has reason to believe he or she is suffering loss or damage resulting from:(1) The failure of a school to perform agreements made with the student; or(2) An admissions representative…

(a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall represent the sole authority to resolve disputes between a student and a school as to grievances relating to:(1) The failure of the school to perform agreements made with the student; or(2) An admissions representative's …

(a) When the Division of Higher Education finds that a school is guilty of a violation of this subchapter or the rules of the division, it shall have the power and authority to impose a penalty on the school. (b) Prior to the imposition of any penalty, the division shall hold an …

(a) The Division of Higher Education shall have the power to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in connection with both its investigations and hearings. (b) A subpoena duces tecum may require any book, writing, document, or other paper or thing which is germane to an inves…

(a) (1) Each school licensed under this subchapter shall maintain a surety bond during its licensure.(2) The surety bond shall be submitted to the Division of Higher Education on or before the expiration date of the bond.(3) The bond shall be for the period during which the licen…

(a) A person teaching or instructing a person seventeen (17) years of age or younger to drive a noncommercial motor vehicle or a motorcycle shall offer the minimum amount of driver training to the student driver as prescribed by this section. (b) The minimum requirements for clas…

A person shall not be required to obtain a license from the Division of Higher Education as a requirement for teaching or providing a course in defensive driving under a court-mandated defensive driving class.

(1) This subchapter does not apply to a school or training program that offers only avocational or recreational instruction or teacher instruction for the following subjects:(1) Dance;(2) Music;(3) Yoga;(4) Horseback riding; or(5) Sewing, knitting, or other needlecrafts. (1) Danc…

(a) The Division of Higher Education is hereby authorized to establish for the technical institutes or vocational-technical schools of this state an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Nursing Program. (b) (1) A nursing program shall be established by the division. The nursing…

The licensed practical nurse or licensed psychiatric technician nurse to registered nurse program is an upward-mobility program for licensed practical nurses or licensed psychiatric technician nurses who have completed one (1) calendar year, or two thousand (2,000) hours minimum,…

The Career Education and Workforce Development Board is authorized to grant the degree to students who complete the full course of instruction which entitles them to the degree. The diploma is to be signed by such officials as the board shall designate.

(a) The State Board of Education shall review criteria established by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board that must be met by any secondary vocational center requesting permission to become a community-based education center. (b) (1) The board shall periodically …

The Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall establish policy for community-based education centers in such areas as fees, operating and capital budgets, allocation of funds, instructional programs and related criteria for the operation of community-based education …

(a) Following publication by the Career Education and Workforce Development Board of criteria required to qualify for designation as a community-based education center, local educational agencies may develop a budget proposal for submission to the board for funding consideration.…

(a) (1) The board which currently owns the property and capital equipment of any existing community-based education center is authorized to retain ownership of such properties.(2) Provided, however, ownership of such properties may, by vote of the board, be restructured. (1) The …

(a) The State Board of Education shall operate as a coordinating board for community-based education centers. (b) (1) Furthermore, the governing board of a community-based education center is encouraged to create a general advisory council. (2) Such general advisory council shall…

(a) The General Assembly designates that the community-based education centers created by this subchapter meet the definition of “local education agencies” by virtue of the fact that each is a public authority legally constituted within this state to perform a service function fo…

(1) It is the purpose of this subchapter to initiate a broad array of legislative authority whose purpose it is to:(1) Upgrade the quality and quantity of postsecondary vocational and technical education;(2) Permit the expansion of programs leading to associate of applied science…

(a) (1) All postsecondary vocational-technical schools, technical institutes, and comprehensive lifelong learning centers within the State of Arkansas shall present to the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Division of Higher Education a report reflecting a sati…

(a) All postsecondary vocational-technical schools, including those which expand their services under § 6-51-217 or under § 6-51-906 shall be governed by a local board of directors. (b) (1) (A) The Governor shall appoint a five-member local board of directors composed of resident…

(a) The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:(1) To acquire, hold, and transfer real and personal property, to enter into contracts, to institute and defend legal actions and suits, and to exercise such other rights and privileges as may be necessary for the m…